Amy Sol

{{Short description|American painter}}

{{Infobox artist

| name = Amy Sol

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1981

| birth_place = Korea

| nationality = American

| field = Painting

| training = Self Trained

| movement = Pop Surreal, Cartoon-Tainted Abstract Surrealism

| awards =

}}

Amy Sol (born 1981){{cite web |title=Amy Sol |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Amy-Sol/4A7823B23B48D740 |website=MutualArt |access-date=23 July 2021 |language=en}} is an American artist of Korean ancestry, who lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.{{cite web |title=Amy Sol |url=https://urban-nation.com/artist/amy-sol/ |website=Urban Nation |access-date=23 July 2021}} She is a member in good standing of a loose knit community of artists practicing Pop Surreal, Lowbrow, or, as Robert Williams defines it, "cartoon-tainted abstract surrealism."[http://beinart.org/info/essays/robert-williams.php Essay - Lowbrow Art - Robert Williams] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509085309/http://www.beinart.org/info/essays/robert-williams.php |date=2008-05-09 }} She typically paints upon treated wooden panel, incorporating the grain of the wood into the painting. Her style integrates both narrative and figurative styles with the mystic.

{{cquote|The reason (is) the wood really helps me a lot, and I've sort of become addicted to using wood panel. It's become a really important part of the whole piece -- all together -- it holds the whole piece together. The grain of the wood usually is the start of the motion; the flow. The wood always reminds me to keep things moving. When you look at wood grain, sometimes -- and you can almost feel the sense of something alive, of course it was once alive, but that imprint; the foot-print of it is still there. When I paint right on the wood it influences the colors I use. It reminds me to keep things really natural.|||Amy Sol, Semi-Permanent Lecture, 2008 Sydney, Australia[http://www.juxtapoz.com/Photos/photos-australias-qsemi-permanentq Juxtapoz - Semi Permanent coverage - April 9, 2009]}}

Sol's works are characterized by young maidens in dream-like nature settings with oversized or sometimes fanciful creatures. One gets a sense that the girls are interacting with the animals as mythic partners or perhaps "familiars." There is no indication that these animals are pets; rather friends or perhaps partners. The exotic landscapes include plants, impossible trees, mist & fog, clouds, flowers, and rolling hills. With a muted palette of pastels and washed out grays; her style is influenced by folk-art, contemporary illustration, manga, and modern design.[http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/08/art-space-talk-amy-sol.html Interview - MyArtSpace - August 6, 2007]

Sol has named Range Murata and Kay Nielsen among others as inspirations for her work.[http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/03/06/amy-sol-to-speak-at-perth-semi-permanent/ Interview - Lost at e Minor - March 6, 2008]